Heat: Another use for fishing steelhead

Dan Lindich found a tangential use for catching nice steelhead on the Chicago lakefront: It’s a good way to warm up.

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Dan Lindich holds up a large steelhead with the Chicago skyline and the river reflecting in the background.

Dan Lindich holds a steelhead that warmed him up Saturday.

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Steelhead as a heater?

It worked for Dan Lindich.

“Caught this big steelhead at Diversey Harbor [Saturday]!” he messaged. “Put up a big fight and warmed me up in this freezing cold weather.”

He caught it on a twitch jig.

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